Contempt and Pride

Contempt

Contempt noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.

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Pride and contempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pride" instead a noun "Contempt".

Pride noun - A reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance.

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Contempt and pride are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contempt" instead a noun "Pride".

Nearby Words: prided, priding

pure	pure contempt	pure pride
particular	particular contempt	particular pride
certain	certain contempt	certain pride
considerable	considerable contempt	considerable pride
Other adjectives: genuine, sheer, deep, obvious, strong, real, massive, extreme, great, arrogant, immense.

Depending on her choices, Orlouge can respond with bored contempt, confusion, or pride.

Source: Video Game / SaGa Frontier
Pride: In The Chessmen of Mars, the men of Manator are particularly proud and maltreat their slaves from contempt because they have never been defeated and enslaved themselves.

Source: Literature / John Carter of Mars
Horror and moral contempt at these barbaric practices was mixed with pride in the adventurous endeavours of one's ancestors, bold and daring gentlemen of fortune that they were.

Source: Literature / The Icelandic Sagas

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